| Self-disciplined............1 | |
| It makes abandonment to involuntary processes safe. The self-disciplined person can surrender to spirituality, to sexuality, to | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| Self-discoveries............2 | |
| least those of you who have made some self-discoveries come more and more to see that, in | 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF |
| of you who have not yet made these self-discoveries will come to it. You can prepare for | 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY |
| Self-discovery..............9 | |
| such thoughts are conscious. In addition to successful self-discovery, there is another approach that helps you reach | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| make you uneasy. If you go about your self-discovery in the way I advise, accepting your present | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| no longer pose a threat. The path of self-discovery embodies this struggle, my friends. The avenues of | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| consciousness. The key to all this lies in self-discovery on the many levels from which you still | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| universal bliss. In the search for images, in self-discovery, you are continuing to find any number of | 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES |
| what is to come on your path to self-discovery a lot easier. To summarize once again, and | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| it, or having already made substantial progress in self-discovery, my advice to all of you is: to | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| or after the meditation that you use for self-discovery or reorientation of your negativity. Breathe calmly but | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| of you who have not yet made the self-discovery that one can admit to a downright senseless | 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| Self-disdain................1 | |
| first ascertain only the vague general feelings of self-disdain, without being able to pinpoint the specific traits | 174 SELF-ESTEEM |
| Self-disgust................3 | |
| is viewed with an attitude of hopelessness and self-disgust, then the clouds become bigger and bigger; then | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| self can lead people to such self-rejection and self-disgust that they break down. All of you here | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| self-acceptance and understanding of reality. Unreal self-hate and self-disgust will go away. Equally unreal claims for specialness | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| Self-dislike................15 | |
| individual by such self-denial results in self-contempt and self-dislike. Since this is painful, aside from being contradictory | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| life force free. Frustration, every lack of fulfillment, self-dislike, guilt, disease, lack of energy or creativity, any | 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE |
| whether or not you are aware of this self-dislike, whether or not you are still projecting your | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| the psychic processes, so that justified reasons for self-dislike, when not consciously recognized and come to terms | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| or conscious denial can eliminate the effects of self-dislike. The most enlightened human beings still ignore the | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| a balm on the sores of self-doubt and self-dislike. But this medicine treats only the symptom, never | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| of the problem. When the real reasons for self-dislike are removed, the courage to be oneself grows | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| in proportion. Many times the real reason for self-dislike is, at least partly, the cowardice to sell | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| the last lecture, the fears that accrue from self-dislike breed fear of the life processes: fear of | 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT |
| have actually experienced it happen. Let us take self-dislike as an example. It need not and cannot | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| fails. To the extent the justified reasons for self-dislike are removed, the self-dislike stops itself. So it | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| the justified reasons for self-dislike are removed, the self-dislike stops itself. So it is with trust. You | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| the only way you can now recognize your self-dislike and your undervaluation of yourself will be an | 174 SELF-ESTEEM |
| indicates self- rejection. All these manifestations indicate self-rejection, self-dislike. It should not be too difficult to bridge | 174 SELF-ESTEEM |
| you most unhappy: your anxieties, your worries, your self-dislike, your insecurities, your discontent with life, your frustrations | 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY |
| Self-distrust...............1 | |
| This, in turn, is directly responsible for your self-distrust, hence distrust of the creative powers. If these | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| Self-division...............4 | |
| rejection of what one feels and experiences creates self-division and inner fighting against the self. One side | 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE |
| genuine inner experience, inevitably produces inner fight and self-division. When you fear hurt, disappointment, frustration, you fear | 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE |
| but a symbolic representation, an outpicturing, of the self-division in all human beings. The self-division is not | 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE |
| of the self-division in all human beings. The self-division is not only the real cause of injustice | 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE |
| Self-doubt..................16 | |
| but also increases your feelings of insecurity and self-doubt, injustice and victimization. Let us look into this | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| resentment of the other or of yourself, without self-doubt and self-belittling, then you have indeed grown up | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| did, however you responded with your negativity and self-doubt, you were attached to the negatively oriented pleasure | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| a new way. Instead of choosing the nagging self-doubt, you gain insight into why the other person | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| work like a balm on the sores of self-doubt and self-dislike. But this medicine treats only the | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| another's negativity does affect you, there must be self-doubt and guilt in you as a result of | 188 AFFECTING AND BEING AFFECTED |
| congeal into a festering sore of guilt and self-doubt which, translated into concise words, would mean: If | 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| understood, you can experience it cleanly, without guilt, self-doubt, weakness, and lingering ill-effects. Jealousy and envy, however | 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| clarity about yourself must make you full of self-doubt which, in turn, makes you weak and frightened | 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| is all bad attitude creates confusion, guilt, and self-doubt. Psyche to psyche, the following interaction takes place | 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY |
| are in your truth can you lose the self-doubt that gnaws behind the suspicions and doubts you | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| and doubts you harbor about others. This projected self-doubt must not be confused with true intuition and | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| see this assumption and cast doubt on your self-doubt. In that way you can constantly pronounce words | 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD |
| weakening guilt. So much of your weakness, hesitation, self-doubt, so many of your self-punishing patterns are a | 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| your Creator. Where you have fear, insecurity, anxiety, self-doubt, conflict with others, altercations with your environment, or | 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| Guilt creates fear, fear creates anger, anger creates self-doubt and self-hate, self-hate creates negative behavior patterns and | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |
| Self-doubts.................5 | |
| absent, because they are diluted with your various self-doubts and distortions. Find what is specifically significant for | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| greater your need to receive approval to assuage self-doubts. The greater your attempt to have others give | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| on the one hand, attempt to assuage your self-doubts by strenuously building cases; on the other hand | 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| fixed conclusion to convince yourself and eliminate disturbing self-doubts. Probe with your active, deciding faculty to envisage | 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES |
| if only in the form of putting your self-doubts to sleep through a one-sided positive approach. If | 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM |
| Self-effacement.............5 | |
| being contradictory to the idealized self-image which recommends self-effacement as supreme virtue, it has to be projected | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| submitting. You will try to obtain happiness by self-effacement and masochism, thinking to combine the needs for | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| taking me for granted. In other words, their self-effacement is offered in return for being loved. Because | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| offered in return for being loved. Because their self-effacement takes the place of loving others, the barter | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| order to receive pleasure, with all the accompanying self-effacement, appeasement, self-denial, and masochistic sacrificing, the underlying core | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| Self-effacing...............4 | |
| they actually are. Taking on more and more self-effacing characteristics in order to gain the love and | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| power drive also exists, it reacts to such self-effacing submissiveness with self-contempt and guilt of a different | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| To love in a distorted way is martyrdom, self-effacing submission, self-destruction for the sake of the loved | 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL |
| example might be a woman who is too self-effacing and unable to change this tendency without going | 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS |
| Self-elevating..............1 | |
| must be your stake in some prideful, egotistical, self-elevating and self-righteous position that, at the same time | 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION |
| Self-enclosed...............2 | |
| becomes self-perpetuating. You then live in a small, self-enclosed world in which the worst of you seems | 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| blind spots. Such a person will then become self-enclosed. The remaining pride may close him or her | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| Self-endangering............1 | |
| self-preservation will lead a person to refrain from self-endangering activity. Yet when the distorted instinct of self- | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| Self-enlargement............1 | |
| become one with ultimate reality. The process of self-enlargement, of making apparently foreign territory your own domain | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| Self-enrichment.............1 | |
| giving to a larger cause is the greatest self-enrichment imaginable. Life cannot be cheated. Your life speaks | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| Self-enslavement............1 | |
| of self-destructiveness and weakness -- exploiting others through self-enslavement, just as one allows others to exploit oneself | 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS |